Written on the Wind

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1956. Three reference photographs from the 1956 film. Two with Universal-International stamps and printed mimeo snipes on the verso, and one with a National Film Archive stamp.

From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler.

Based on the 1945 novel by Robert Wilder, a fictionalized account of a real-life scandal involving torch singer Libby Holman and her husband, Zachary Smith Reynolds, heir to a tobacco fortune. A rich playboy impulsively marries a secretary at his father's office, unaware that his best friend is in love with her, with tragic results. Winner of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for Dorothy Malone, and nominated for two more, including Best Supporting Actor for Robert Stack.

Shot on location in California.

10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear, else Near Fine.

Criterion Collection 96. Ebert I. Godard, Histoirie(s) du Cinema.

[Book #159137]